Good Monday morning! Yessum, I’m tired. I’m not the only one who’s tired, though. After Brian mentioned Binky and Granny from AngelsWhisper hadn’t been around in Blogosphere in a long while, I grew concerned. I immediately sent off an email to Granny to make sure all is well on their side of the world. I am delighted to report all is well. Granny has been super busy helping the daughter move which leaves her with little spare time and when she does get it then she’s pooped. I can’t blame her for saving her energies. She mentioned the possibility of returning sometime in March, so the wait won’t be much longer to catch up with our furriends. 😉 Now, I always hate when the weekend ends and I always need a revving up. The best way to do that is with music. It’s a brand new month as you may have noticed… speaking of which, did you vote yet in my BoTB? If your coffee isn’t working yet, that’s your cue to click over to my battle. Go ahead, I’ll wait for you.
Marie, the 4M brain child, is this month’s honorary co-hostess. For her first theme she wants us to Build a playlist of your favorite Johnny Mathis songs. I’m going to go against the grain just a wee bit. No matter what JM sings will melt your heart. The fella has satiny vocals! I wanted my song picks to connect somehow with DH, kiddos, and me so I built my playlist around particular years.
About two weeks after DH’s birth in 1959, Mathis released a number 1 U.S. hit, Heavenly. Three days before my birth in 1961, Live It Up came out. It ranked #14 in the U.S.. The year we got married in 1979, Mathis released two albums. January of that year, The Best Days of My Life is the self-title album, appeared in Billboard Magazine’s Top LPs & Taped Charts peaking at 122. The 1979 romantic comedy Same Time Next Year earned an Academy Award for Best Original Song, The Last Time I Felt Like This, but lost. The popular duet (Johnny Mathis and Jane Olivor) peaked U.S. charts at 15 in February ’79. The second album from 1979 Mathis Magic unfortunately did not make a show in the Billboard Magzine’s Top LPs & Taped Charts in the U.S. but did ride the UK charts at 59 for 4-weeks. The last three songs on my playlist represent the years of my children’s birth with the exception of the final track which actually came out the year before DS’s birth. None of these songs charted: Once In A While (1988), In A Sentimental Mood (1990), and How Do You Keep the Music Playing?(1993). Song/album discography provided by Wikipedia.
Trivia. In late 1956 Mathis recorded two of his most popular songs, Wonderful Wonderful and It’s Not For Me To Say.
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This month’s honorary co-hostess is Marie from XmasDolly
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This is a mewsic linky party. Every other week we have a suggested mewsic theme (see side menu) to build your song set around and all participants share YouTube or Vimeo videos for our mewsic enthusiasts. Failure to meet this basic guideline puts your URL in danger of being removed or labeled – NO MUSIC.
Before you leave, let me mention I put up a BoTB earlier this morning and if you haven’t voted yet then I hope you’ll toss your ballot for your favorite artist in the 2021 Round 5 Showdown – Thunderball. WOW, my coffee really isn’t working! Gee, I told you I’m tired. Sorry for the second mention there but who knows maybe your coffee hasn’t kicked in, either. Have a boogietastic week! X💋X💋, Cathy
